On February 15th, the California-wide mask mandate is expiring. This allows people whose vaccinations for COVID are current to be indoors in public without a mask. Unvaccinated persons still must be masked. This does not…
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On February 3rd, a community forum was held to discuss how we should address the seismic compliance requirements for our hospital. This was sponsored by the Coast Democratic Club and included a solid line up…
Is a discussion of masks needed at this point in the pandemic? I think so for two reasons. First, unlike two years ago, there are now a huge number of different masks on sale from…
If prior respiratory, viral pandemics are any indication, we should expect this pandemic to begin to fade over the next year. The 1918 influenza pandemic caused by H1N1 went around the world in four distinct…
The number of new COVID cases continues to rapidly rise throughout the county. This has significantly affected many local businesses, public services, hospitals and schools. With many children out from school, this further impacts businesses…
As we start off the New Year, we are seeing a significant increase in COVID cases throughout Mendocino County and here on the Coast. Part of this is likely what we should expect when we…
As our second year of the pandemic draws to a close, a few updates on where things stand are in order. Omicron, the new variant, is quickly becoming the dominant strain of the virus around…
We are now just over a month since the new variant, Omicron, was identified in southern Africa. Since then, it has rapidly become the dominant variant in much of the world. It is still too…
The news media has been buzzing with articles about a new COVID variant, B.1.1.529, which was first identified about two weeks ago in South Africa. On November 26th, the World Health Organization (WHO) added it…